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"What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press."
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"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."
"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."
"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."
"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."
"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."
"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."
"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure."
"It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for."
"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."
"The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion."
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"In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses."
"I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom."
"I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff."
"Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first."
"From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance."
"I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago."
"It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online."
"I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government."
"Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities."
"Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy."
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